On Fri 11 May 2012 11:54:21 AM PDT, Doug Hellmann wrote: > I certainly don't see anything about that in the terms of > service. http://www.meetup.com/terms/
Right, there is nothing there. I have heard stories from people that ran groups on meetup.com and had problems closing/migrating away from there. Basically, to close a group you need to ask meetup.com to do it, after you've advertised your intentions and got consensus among other admins. The process is described on http://www.meetup.com/help/How-do-I-delete-my-Meetup-Group/ They may have made things easier than in the past but I don't think this is relevant for our discussion. Allow me to rephrase what I said before: > Of course it's your choice to use it or not but I'm not > comfortable advocating for it as a solution What I meant to say is that I'm in favor of each team picking its own preferred tool to keep the local community engaged, informed and ultimately happy. I'll keep myself neutral for the tools of choice of the local communities. I can provide suggestions, only if asked but the choice should always be done by the local coordinators. Hasaim: >> Shouldn't the requirements be considered prior to selecting a portal? Yes, indeed. Lets go back to the beginning, below is the list of requirements I identified. Is this all we need? Basic needs • A directory of OpenStack user groups (OSUG) that is more flexible and appealing than a wiki page. • A system to get in touch with members (all members or just the coordinators/leaders?) of the international communities. Features • Register users using SSO ∘ as a user I would like to be able to associate my profile from Launchpad, Linkedin or Google to the site • Support content in multiple languages (switch list and automatic recognition via browser agent configuration) • Support roles: managers of the groups can add resources, members can sign up as members, anonymous can read all content • Show activity from all groups in my own language on the portal home page • Directory of OSUGroups, with geographic representation ∘ be able to view the groups on a chart ∘ display also the full list of groups • Manage content (pages) of generic interest ∘ to host content like how to start a group, general, policies, trademark stuff, generic icons, etc • Per each group, ∘ allow users to add events, each group will expose its ical feed ∘ show to list additional resources for the group: mailing lists, forums, wiki pages, home page, url of blogs, ∘ import RSS feed from blogs to aggregate content on groups page ∘ display photostreams from flickr and such on the home page -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
